Several Records Fall For L-R Women's Swimming At The Halfway Point Of The Bluegrass Mountain Championships
February 18, 2010
Three team records broken after the first two days of competition
 Carlie Pendleton broke the school record in the 50-yard freestyle and was part of three relay squads that established school records at the 2010 Bluegrass Mountain Championships. |
Charlotte, N.C. – Despite its 13th-place standing after the second day of the Bluegrass Mountain Championships at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center, several records were broken for the Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Swimming Team.
Freshman Carlie Pendleton (Jamestown, N.C.) established a new school mark in the 50-yard freestyle (25.51) while sophomore Lindsay Atkin (Hickory, N.C.) set an L-R record in the 200-yard intermediate medley (2:18.81).
In the evening session, Lenoir-Rhyne’s 200-yard freestyle relay – Pendleton, sophomore Victoria Justice (McLeansville, N.C.), sophomore Kathryn Turner (Charlotte, N.C.) and freshman Gina Glenn (Matthews, N.C.) – rewrote the school record book with a time of 1:45.63.
Not to be outdone, L-R’s 400-yard medley relay, consisting of Glenn, Atkin, sophomore Megan Neubauer (Taylors, S.C.) and Pendleton, tallied the school’s best-ever time with a 4:12.32.
On Wednesday, L-R’s 800-yard freestyle relay (Pendleton, Atkin, Turner and Neubauer) finished with an 8:07.92, another school record.
Wingate, with 245 points, is currently leading with two days of competition left.
